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Lenworth “Kip” Williamson made a resolution on January 1, 1989 that he would run every day. Twenty-seven years later Williamson is still running and in May 2016, he marked 10,000 days. Williamson said he was always an outdoor runner and the winter of 1989 was mild, so he decided to keep running. He said…

What are your goals for eternity? Ron Hopper’s final wish was for his fishing buddies to mix his ashes with their bait on their long-planned fishing trip to Thailand. Hopper, 64, was dying of cancer when he made the request. His friends mixed his ashes with the bait and they caught a record-breaking…

PERSEVERANCE Adrianne Haslet-Davis promised that one day she would run the Boston Marathon. She made the vow while recovering from losing the lower part of her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. She was standing among the spectators when the explosions ripped through the crowd. Running with…

At the end of the 2012 baseball season, many people expected the San Francisco Giants to put outfielder Melky Cabrera, who had been suspended for using a banned substance, on their post-season roster to help them make a run at World Championship. The team decided character was as important as production…

The town of Rijukan, Norway, which is about 90 miles west of Oslo, has found a way to bring light into its sun-deprived town. They have set up three huge computer controlled mirrors, which will follow the faint sunlight as it moves across the horizon, directing it into the town square. Visionary town…

Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia said, “It must be borne in mind that the tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.…

In Developing Vision for Ministry in the 21st Century, Aubrey Malphurs says, “Ministry without vision is like a surgeon without scalpel, a cowboy who has lost his horse, a carpenter with a broken hammer. To attempt a ministry without clear, well-articulated vision is to invite stillbirth. Church and…

When Ellie Hasbani lost his leg to a land mine during the civil war in Lebanon in 1975, he had no idea what he Lord would do with his life. During the war, Hasbani saw death and destruction all around him, and ended up hating his life because of what he had become. When the mine exploded, Hasbani was…

“A South Carolina man has fulfilled his long-held ambition of catching a fish while sitting on his couch. Jason Schall, 38, ran a fishing line from his living room to the lake outside while watching a college football game. Fishing buddy Jason Bennett said Schall ‘wasn’t on the couch three minutes’ before…

Australian billionaire Clive Porter has announced plans to build the Titanic II, a modern version of the infamous ocean liner. Porter says, “It is going to be designed so it won’t sink.” That sounds familiar, doesn’t it? --The Week, May 11, 2012, p. 6 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell…

Did you ever want to do something courageous? Is there some part of you that would like to accomplish something great? Would you like your loved ones to remember you as someone who accomplished something for the Lord, or for your fellow humans? What do you think about when you think of those kinds of…

New research suggests that the best way to reach a goal is make a specific plan and follow it, but for those striving for several goals at once, planning is not as effective. The study which appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, compiled results from several experiments, which found that people…

Sometimes we just lose focus. It is easy to be distracted from the main thing. Bonnie Miller, a 45-year-old resident of Benton Harbor, Michigan lost her focus. She was walking and became distracted by her smart phone. She was texting while walking and walked right off the pier and into Lake Michigan.…

Mechanical engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology published a report detailing the remarkable behavior of a group of ants in water. When dropped on to the surface of the water, a temporary cushion of air sounds the single ant, helping it float for a small period. When scientists drop a group…

Brad Pitt.says he suffers from a “psychological defect” that won’t let him go backward. He says that if “he is leaving his home and realizes he’s forgotten something, he is incapable of going back to get it.” He added, “if I’m driving down the road and I miss a turn, I have to keep going forward. I can’t…

GOALS A Ninety-five-year old man recently discovered that despite living in the United States nearly all of his life, and serving in the U.S. Navy, he is not considered a citizen. Leeland Davidson was born in British Columbia in 1916, and though his parents were U.S. citizens, they did not register his…

In the animated feature Mega Mind, the main character is a conflicted man. He faintly remembers his father’s admonitions. Though mega Mind knows he is destined for something, he is not sure what it is. Early in his life, Mega Mind fell in with the wrong crowd. His great intellectual power was used for…

VISION In their book, Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda, Henry and Richard Blackaby write, “Vision can serve as the North Star for organizations, helping leaders keep their bearings as they move their people forward.” --Spiritual Leadership, 56. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and…

DREAMS The creator of Veggie Tales, Phil Vischer, recently told a crowd of Christian journalists the Lord used bankruptcy to humble him to pursue God rather than a dream. At the Evangelical Press Association’s opening banquet, Vischer explained that he found himself facing a God he had never heard about…

In Thriving through Ministry Conflict by Understanding Your RED and Blue Zones the authors write, “That vision is given to the people of a congregation and that my job as a pastor to draw that vision out, clarify it, and then champion it.” --Thriving through Ministry Conflict by Understanding Your RED…

A 69-year-old Michigan man decided to delay surgery to install a pacemaker because he did not want to miss an important college football game. Major Hester was scheduled for the surgery on the Thursday before the big game. He asked the doctors to wait until after the Michigan State game and pushed the…

A British billionaire who once owned nothing says he is determined to keep an agreement between him and God. Years ago, Albert Gubay promised God that if he became rich, he would donate half of his fortune to charity. Now, Gubay, who founded the British supermarket chain, “Kwik Save’ says he must do…

500 years ago, Leonardo Da Vinci dreamed of creating a giant bat-like device that used the arms and legs of the pilot to make the craft fly. A team of Canadian engineering students have found a way to bring that dream to life. International Aviation officials are expected to certify that the craft known…

“Read your Bible. Read it every day. Read it through in a year.” We have all heard and probably made these exhortations to scripture reading. To me it is always heartening to discover another person who keeps good on the reading of scripture. In Stephen Ambrose’s book on building the Transcontinental…

The right word offered at an opportune moment can change a person’s life. Recently, a letter postmarked, December 23, 1937 arrived at the Women’s Center of San Joaquin County in Stockton, California. When the center director Joelle Gomez opened the letter she discovered it had been written to a young…